Understanding planning · 13 min read
Planning application documents: what to read first
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.
England · Local authority
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Dartford Borough Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
6,869 approved · 1,060 refused · 387 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 17 Sept 2014 to 9 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 15 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
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Data downloaded 14 Sept 2026. Display boundaries are simplified and indicative. Map record counts are not a complete count of designations or directions.
Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Land Adjacent 2 St Marys Road Stone
Received 19 Jun 201952 Joydens Wood Road Bexley Kent DA5 2HT
Received 19 Jun 201935-37 Temple Hill Square Dartford Kent DA1 5HY
Received 20 Jun 2019Freegrove Red Street Southfleet Kent DA13 9QL
Received 19 Jun 201916 Edwin Road Wilmington Kent DA2 7DJ
Received 20 Jun 201930 James Road Dartford Kent DA1 3NF
Received 20 Jun 2019Moatfield House Highfield Road Dartford Kent
Received 20 Jun 2019Mast Temple Hill Dartford Kent
Received 20 Jun 2019Land Adjacent 2 St Marys Road Stone
Received 19 Jun 2019Land Adjacent 2 St Marys Road Stone
Received 19 Jun 201911 Cobham Terrace Bean Road Greenhithe Kent DA9 9HZ
Received 21 Jun 2019Yard C5 Manor Way Business Park Manor Way Swanscombe Kent
Received 21 Jun 201920 West Hill Dartford Kent DA1 2EP
Received 21 Jun 2019North Kent College Oakfield Lane Dartford Kent DA1 2JT
Received 24 Jun 201918 Arundel Road Dartford Kent DA1 5EH
Received 24 Jun 201937 Birchwood Drive Wilmington Kent DA2 7NF
Received 24 Jun 2019Mounts Court Mounts Road Greenhithe Kent
Received 24 Jun 201925 Parsonage Lane Sutton At Hone Kent DA4 9HD
Received 25 Jun 201915 Abbey Drive Dartford Kent DA2 7WP
Received 25 Jun 201920A Marlborough Road Dartford Kent DA1 3EL
Received 25 Jun 201911 Garrow Longfield Kent DA3 7JN
Received 25 Jun 201912 Fawkham Avenue Longfield Kent DA3 7HF
Received 25 Jun 2019Adjacent Unit 4 Albion Road Dartford Kent DA1 5PZ
Received 25 Jun 20198 Axtane Hook Green Road Southfleet Kent DA13 9NB
Received 26 Jun 2019Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
View all applicationsStart with the address or application reference. Open a record to read the proposal, dates and available documents, then check the official register for the latest plans and consultation details. If nothing appears, check coverage before treating the result as a complete planning history.
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These figures describe applications collected by PlanningTrack for Dartford Borough Council, across all dates currently available. They are a partial dataset, rather than an authority-wide performance measure. The date range does not establish continuous historical coverage.
The approval percentage is approved records divided by approved plus refused records. Pending, withdrawn and unknown outcomes are excluded. No percentage is shown until there is an approved or refused record.
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